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Also Inflected form of draw

drawn

UK/dɹɔːn/ US/dɹɔn/ common

adjective

1.

showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

  • “looking careworn as she bent over her mending”
  • “her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness”
  • “that raddled but still noble face”
  • “shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face” Charles Dickens
2.

subjected to great tension; stretched tight

  • “the skin of his face looked drawn and tight”
  • “her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow”
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3.
4.

having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut

  • “the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug”
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5.

used of vehicles pulled forward (often used in combination)

  • “horse-drawn vehicles”

Origin

Morphologically draw + -n.

Phrases

  • drawn butter

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